Bryan Station graduate in critical but stable condition after fall from hotel room

Bryan Station High School and Eastern Kentucky University graduate Ciara Williams was critically injured in fall from the 10th floor of an Atlanta hotel.

Bryan Station High School and Eastern Kentucky University graduate Ciara Williams was critically injured in fall from the 10th floor of an Atlanta hotel.

Ciara Williams, the former Lexington resident who was severely injured in a fall from an Atlanta hotel window last month, continues to improve but remains in "critical but stable condition," her mother, Gloria Williams, said.

As Ciara Williams recovers, some relatives are questioning the police version of events leading up to the fall after hearing from witnesses.

Police have said Ciara Williams, 25, and a friend, LaShawna Threatt, 30, were "play fighting" when they crashed through a window on the 10th floor of the W Atlanta-Midtown Hotel in the early hours of May 28.

Threatt died after landing on the slanted glass ceiling of a sun room; Williams rolled off and fell onto a ground-level patio.

"The hotel building itself is properly permitted and received its most recent 'certificate of occupancy' when it became a part of the W brand in 2008," he said in the statement. "At that time, expert consultants performed a number of comprehensive structural reviews of the building, which included the windows.

"At no time during these inspections did the W Atlanta Midtown receive any reports noting concern about the safety or security of its windows or window system structure."

Gloria Williams said she has no immediate plans to file a lawsuit.

"We've thought about it, but right now my time is focusing on my daughter's well-being," she said.

Gloria Williams said she has been traveling between Lexington and Atlanta since the accident. But she said she and her family are headed back to Atlanta on Friday and said they'll stay "as long as it takes."

"We're hoping it won't take that long," she said. "But until she's out of ICU, I'm not going anywhere."